09/21/2026
IN ABOUT MARCH IN 1978, THREE PARDNERS CONNIE MOSES, TIM SPARKMAN AND BOBBY EVERETT DECIDED TO OPEN A GUN SHOP IN SOUTH PLAINS MALL IN LUBBOCK. AT THE TIME I HAD SOME OTHER VENTURES IN SOUTH PLAINS MALL, THE FLOWER SHOP, THE GREEN HOUSE, THE GARDEN CENTER AND FT LUBBOCK TRADING COMPANY SO THE BUSINESS WAS RIGHTLY NAMED THE GUN SHOP. IN A SHORT TIME I DISPOSED OF MY OTHER VENTURES AND BOUGHT OUT ONE PARDNER AND MARRIED THE OTHER. THE GUN SHOP OPERATED IN SOUTH PLAINS MALL FOR SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, THEN IT WAS MOVED UNDER A NEW PARDNERSHIP TO A STRIP CENTER AT 82ND AND QUAKER AND NAMED THE GUN SHAK AND CONTINUED THERE FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS. THAT PARDNERSHIP WAS DISOLVED AND CONNIE AND I BUILT A A NEW STORE BUILDING BY OUR HOME 6 MILES SOUTH OF LUBBOCK STILL USING THE NAME THE GUN SHAK. WANTING TO GET OUR OF THE SAND STORMS AND LIVE WHERE THERE WERE TREES, IN 2001 WE PURCHASED OUR CURRENT LOCATION AND THE BBARC STORE WAS BORNED. BBARC NAME CAME FROM A BRANDING IRON B-C THAT CONNIE PURCHASED BEFORE WE MARRIED. WE HAVE HAD GREAT EXPERIENCES HERE AND MADE MANY FRIENDS. BUT, AFTER MUCH HEAVY THOUGHT, THE BBARC STORE MUST SOON COME TO AN END. BECAUSE OF OUR AGE AND PENDING HIGHWAY CONTRUCTION WE WILL CLOSE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. THIS WILL NOT BE AN ALL AT ONCE DEAL. I WILL CONTINUE TO PURCHASE ITEMS THAT I FEEL I CAN OFFER FOR GREAT SPECIAL PRICES AND I WILL CONTINUE TO GET HARD TO FIND ITEMS AND ITEMS I HAVE HAD ON BACKORDER, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SPECIAL ORDERS. I WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE INVENTORY WITH WEEKLY SPECIALS AND DISCOUNTS. AGAIN THIS WILL BE A VERY GRDUAL THING. SORRY THIS IS SO LONG BUT I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN OUR CHAIN OF EVENTS PRIOR AND FUTURE. THANKS TO ALL OUR GOOD FRIENDS AND CLIENTS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US OVER THIS NEARLY HALF CENTURY. BOB AND CONNIE Bob Everett See less
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